Steak Fajitas Recipe
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Steak Fajitas Recipe – Steak fajitas make a quick and easy meal perfect for weeknight suppers or weekend celebrations! Made with beef, peppers, onions and served with a stack of warm tortillas and condiments. They are always a favorite!
Looking for more quick and easy dinner recipes? I think you’ll love my chicken parmesan, beef tacos, beef enchiladas, and easy steak bites to name a few.
This Steak Fajita Recipe is the perfect dish for time-crunched suppers! It is easy and delicious and is a life-saver on rushed nights like we all have from time to time! My Chicken Fajitas are another favorite family meal for times like this. Both are just as perfect on the weekends to serve family and friends for a casual meal everyone enjoys.
Steak Fajitas Recipe
I like to take this amazing steak fajitas recipe even further in the time-saving and easy-peasy department. I like to prep it the night before when I know I will serve it the next day.
How to Make Steak Fajitas with Meal Prep Tips:
My steak fajitas recipe is perfect for easy meal prep to make weeknight meals even easier! Here’s how to meal prep my steak fajitas:
- Slice peppers and onion and make the marinade.
- Place the veggies in one zip-top bag and the steak in another. Add 1/3 of the marinade to each bag, seal it, and turn the bag to make sure that all of the ingredients are coated with the marinade.
- Put it all in the refrigerator to marinate overnight. Refrigerate the remaining marinade.
- It’s ready in minutes when I cook it for supper the next evening.
Now that is perfect for a quick and easy dinner!
Here’s my family favorite Steak Fajita Recipe. I hope it helps you with supper when you are short on time. Most of all, I hope you love it as much as we do!
Steak Fajitas Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds skirt, flank, sirloin, or hanger steak , sliced into 1/2 inch strips
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced into thin strips
- 1 bell pepper, deseeded and sliced into thin strips
- 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced into thin strips
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 6-8 tortillas, warmed
Instructions
- Place the steak into a sealable bag. Place the peppers and onion into a separate sealable bag. Add the olive oil, lime juice, chili powder, ground cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, and garlic to a jar with a screw top or tight fitting lid. Shake until well combined. Pour 1/3 of the marinade over steak, 1/3 of marinade over vegetables and reserve the remaining marinade in the jar for using when cooking the steak fajitas. Seal the bags tightly and refrigerate for one hour to overnight.
- When ready to cook, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Pour the vegetables into the skillet and cook until just tender crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove the vegetables from the skillet to a plate and add steak strips to the same skillet. When the steak is cooked throughout (about 7-10 minutes), add vegetables back to the skillet along with the reserved marinade.
- Serve with warm tortillas and desired optional garnishes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
First off, made this last night and it was delicious. Thank you kindly for such a nice treat.
There are several comments regarding the amount of marinade the recipe yields. *In my opinion* the amount is right because too much lime will start to cook the meat (as it would in a ceviche) especially if you marinade overnight and because you don’t want to dump over moist veggies and meat into the skillet as they’ll steam/braise instead of sear, especially as the ingredients shed water. Just saying.
If you want to play with the recipe, which is always fun to do, I would suggest starting with the amounts and/or types of spices. Maybe also add a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon or a teaspoon of barely crushed coriander seeds (put some in a sandwich bag and hit it once with the bottom of a skillet).
Thank you again!
Thanks, Bill. I’ve found that amount of marinade is the right amount for me and my family, too.
Made this tonight with homemade tortilla’s. Doubled the oil and tripled the lime juice. It was really delicious and will certainly make it again.
Thanks, Sarah. So happy you enjoyed this.
I made this last week and everyone loved it! I have friends coming this weekend so I’m going to try the recipe using chicken breast instead! Thanks!
Made the “single man” version today by cutting the recipe in half and making a few minor changes. First, I increased the veggies because I like peppers/onions. The marinade amount didn’t look to be near enough, so I doubled it and used half for the veggies and the other half for the steak (used skirt steak). After the overnight chill, I put my trusty cast iron to work. YUMMY! This was my first attempt at fajitas and I’m glad I chose your recipe. It is now bookmarked and will use it again.
Donald,
I’m glad this recipe was a hit for your first time making fajitas! Sounds like you found a way to make this for one!
OMG, delicious! I agree with others that there isn’t enough marinade so I doubled it and added a little more olive oil. Definitely will be making this again.
I’m so happy you enjoy it too, Chris! Thanks!
Good recipe and good flavor. When I make it again, I will double the amount of veggies. also found the marinade was stretched pretty thin, I would double that next time as well.
I fixed it last week and enjoyed it so much I wanted to make it again. . . .I couldn’t find your recipe and used another (I was very disappointed in the second recipe). So glad I found yours again! Needless to say I have saved it for future use!
I’m so happy to hear that you enjoy it Bobbie! Thanks!
It was so easy and delicious, will definitely make it again!
Thanks Rosemary! xo
I am a find whatever in the fridge cook but this recipe really rocks I had flank steak when I rushed to marinated every in 1 hour every one at home loved it thank you so much, will keep you in my phone for future recipes good job🍽️
I am so happy you enjoyed it, Lucy! I hope you find many more recipes to enjoy in the future too! Thanks so much!!! xo
Made these tonight. They were awesome!!! Love that this is delicious and healthy. Will definitely make again.
Glad you enjoyed them too, Stephanie! Thanks!
How many does this revipe serve?